Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-15

his family ext week for a months visit
t. friends in Kansas.
Taylor's is the only place in the three
cities where complete assortment of
mouldings can be fonnd.
Tom Carl engineer on the c.. r. l. &
p, IS sick of be southwest and will
probably return to Rock Island.
Word comes from Hutchinson. Kan.
that Mr.. and Mrs. Will G. Collins have
welcomed a son, who arrived last Tues
day.
TIE Central Cities have challenged the
Davenport Greys for another lame at the
Rock Island park next Thursday after
noon, for $25 a side.
Krell d Math have the finest and best
fitted up oyster psrlors in the three cities.
They keep the best oysters and serve
them in all styles.
Samuel Nichols, who has just been
promoted to an engineers berth. on the
c.. r. |. & p. Is alarmingly i'll with
inflammation OF the bowels.
Prof C. F. Pfau's cooking school col
tinues at the Sons OF Veterans hall. The
professor has good class which he is in
structing in the culinary art.
The Druid Mannechoir society will
hold their tenth anniversary at Druid's
hall, on the evening of Saturday, October
Is, 1887. Music by Bleuer's band.
Tickets may be obtained of the singers.
Charles McEniry, cousin OF City Atlorss
ney McEnify, is paying him a visit on
his way home to Sibley, Iowa, from a
roadmasters' convention. held at Cleve>
land, Ohio. They will spend Sunday at
! Osborn, on the old homestead.
Mr. John Wilson, of Salem. Oregon, is
here on a visit to his brothers, Messrs
Louis, Mills and George Wilson He
left this county in 1851, and this is his
first visit since. Mr. VIM. s. Sellers, of
Charlottesville. Ind, former resident.
is also here on a visit to the same parties.
The formal notice appeared in last
evenings ARGUS of the marriage at Dav-
export of George A. Crawford, of Hamp.
ton, and Mrs. Floretta N. Durham. of
Troy, N. Y. The ARGUS tenders Its
heartfelt congratulations TO Mr. and Mrs.
Crawford
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector
Henry returned this morning from trip
over the district He located a new
cigar factory at Spring Valley. in Bureau
county, a mining town a little over two
years old. and with population of about
5000 souls
Rock Island lodge, No. 10, and Ucal
lodge, No. Cos, | o o. F.. united in a
public installation in Odd Fellows hal
Thursday evening, which psrtook of {
social affair, a ball and banquet follow
ing the installation, which was conducted
by District Deputy Grand Masters j. F
Van Horn and P Schlemmer, assiste,
by Grand Marshal s. B. Stoddard an,
Grand Secretary ". H Scott
Davenport mourns the loss of two Of
its business firms who have gone-no
body knows whence or whittier. One i
the New York art gallery firm. which ha
mysteriously disappeared leaving m ourn
ing creditors to the tune of $2,50t
Robert Henry Thomas, another of Dav
enpoIt's business men not to say repre-
sentative business men-hss gone wher
the woodbine twineth. Poor Davenport
Small, but vet so full of tribuation.
A convention to consider the improve
ments of the Mississippi river betwee
Des Moines rapids and the mouth of tt
Illinois, WAS held Thursday at Quincr
Congressman Hatch, of Missouri. beiu
chairman Captain Ruf1ner, of the go,
eminent engineering corps. reported th'
an appropriation of $3.50. 900 was nece
II, ssry TO finish the work on this division ,
the river; aud Hugh J. Brady, of
Louis. submitted a statement showing Il
benefit that would accrue to producers
the improvements were completed.
resolution was adopted asking congre
to appropriate $500 600, and committ
was appointed to acquaint members
congress OF the work of the conventio
Notice.